johncassil/dontallow
- Total stars
- 13
- Today
- +7since 19:54 UTC
More actions
Auto-dismiss the macOS 'Allow X to find devices on local networks?' prompt. Presses Don't Allow for you, zero CPU idle, survives reboots.
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About the project
A macOS utility that automatically presses "Don't Allow" on the system prompt asking whether an app may find devices on local networks. Runs as a launchd agent via Accessibility, uses zero CPU while idle, and survives reboots.
Useful for
- Install the agent to stop recurring local network prompts from Chromium browsers
- Inspect with dontallow rules which Privacy rows are local network entries and which are orphans
- Add an app to the allowlist or pause the agent when it genuinely needs LAN access
README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate. Read the original README →
Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 29, 2026, 20:51 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.
Why it’s trending
- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-29 (UTC), 19:54–20:48: 6 → 13 stars (+7). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +8 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 0 days old and already has 13 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Hacker News: “Show HN: Auto Dismiss Mac OS "Allow <app> to find devices on local networks?"” — 38 points, 1 h ago.
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
The full 7-day window is unavailable; no weekly total or comparison is calculated.
Daily measurements · UTC
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Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: October 29, 2026, 20:51 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →
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Numbers
- Total stars
- 13
- Today
- +7 stars measured 2026-10-29, 19:54–20:48 UTC, ≈ 8 by evening
- Forks
- 1
- Issues and pull requests
- 0
- Watchers
- 0
- Language
- Swift
- License
- MIT
- Latest release
- v0.1.1 · October 29, 2026
- Created
- October 29, 2026
- Last push
- October 29, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Hacker News discussions
- Show HN: Auto Dismiss Mac OS "Allow <app> to find devices on local networks?"38 points, October 29, 2026
Spotted in
- October 29, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
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